Orlando | Nearly 20,000 expected messengers and guests began descending on the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando Sunday evening for the 2026 Southern Baptist Convention. The Florida vacation hub promises to draw the largest crowd in decades. The proximity to the Southern Baptist base and theme parks are factors, but more so the anticipated […]
What should we make of AI?
What should we make of AI? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has steadily pushed its way to the front of the “another change I didn’t ask for” line. The talking tech heads promise AI is a silver bullet, but over the past year I haven’t shaken the uneasy feeling we humans might be on the receiving end […]
Upbeat Foshie reports at his first IBSA Board meeting
Springfield | “I believe a new season of cooperation and Great Commission fruit is about to be driven by our Lord. We can’t do it by ourselves… It must be a ministry of the Holy Spirit through Illinois Baptists.” In his first address to the full IBSA Board as incoming Executive Director on March 24, […]
Good joins IBSA as Collegiate Ministry Catalyst
Springfield | Daniel Good is the new Collegiate Ministry Catalyst, a part-time role created this year to help create and manage church partnerships strategically reaching students on Illinois university campuses. He began work in his new position January, 15. Good will continue to serve as lead pastor of Cornerstone Church in Savoy, where he has […]
Consultants work in 5 regions
After 14 years, IBSA’s zone strategy is receiving its first significant remodel. The move will map the state into 5 regions rather than 10 zones. Each geographic region (Northern, Central, Southern, Chicago, and Metro East) will still have a locally based consultant to serve as a nearby connection for churches and local associations. However, the […]
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